France, Belgium 2022 — Directed by: Noé Reutenauer — 62 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English — Production Companies: Helicotronc, Les Films de la Pépinière — Producers: Julie Esparbes, Raphaèle Dumas
My friend Kirill Patou, thirty-five years old, is looking for a soul mate but can't find one. To find the ideal romance, Kirill escapes into an imaginary life. Through his drawings, he becomes a valiant knight who declares his love for the princesses of his dreams. A confident rapper, in his bedroom, in front of his hordes of amorous fans. But Kirill has Down's syndrome, and reality always brings him back to his difference. As we talk, I accompany my friend on his quest friend on his quest for love and ideals, despite his "bump in the heart".
LAST CALL — France 2021 — Directed by: Inés Fabry Garcia — 21 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English — Production: Université de Paris (ex Paris-Diderot)
Every day telephone operators of a legal advice service receive calls from prisoners. Soon, conversations escape from their primary function.
Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia 2021 — Directed by: Kumjana Novakova, Guillermo Carreras-Candi — 72 min — Spoken languages: Serbian, English — Subtitles: English — Producer: Kumjana Novakova
Nearly 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were massacred in Srebrenica in the summer of 1995. Kumjana Novakova and Guillermo Carreras-Candi have managed to get hold of archival footage that was shot at the time by the Serbian forces. Twenty years later, they confront these devastating images of the past with the current landscape of the former enclave, which still bears the scars of overwhelming collective grief.
THE WIND THAT MOVES US — Spain 2021 — Directed by: Pere Puigbert — 78 min — Spoken language: Catalan — Subtitles: English, Spanish — Production Company: DDM Visual — Producer: David Gimbernat
The wind that moves us penetrates deep il Empordà, an area in the northeastern tip of Catalonia in Spain. It allows us to take a poetic look at the daily life of some people who inhabit this windy land: an old woman and her great-grandson, a shepherd who spends most of his time tending his flock of sheep and a girl who cultivates apples. These main characters, each one living a different moment in life, share a daily reality which highlights a lively cultural heritage preserved through the legacy between family generations.
IT HAS PASSED, AND IT’S FINE — Hungary 2021 — Directed by: Debre Zsuzsa — 28 min — Spoken language: Hungarian — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Ethnic Talents — Producer: Zsuzsa Debre
Through thoughtful formal solutions, the use of archival footage, and the recording of intimate situations, the film displays the nostalgic relationship women who once worked in the Ózd Metallurgical Plants have with the past. Conversations in the hair salon reveal the everyday and community life of working families before the change of the regime, and a femininity rarely seen on film.
MEN´S COOKING — Spain 2021 — Directed by: Silvia Subirós — 95 min — Spoken language: Spanish — Subtitles: English, Spanish, Catalan — Production Company: Cornelius Films — Producer: Mikel Mas
My grandfather was a well-known chef and created the Motel, the restaurant where I grew up. My father and siblings have continued his legacy, but neither I nor any of the women in my family have worked as cooks.
THE PLATANES' WALTZ — Spain 2021 — Directed by: Laurie Pinon, Bertrand Amiot — 64 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Girelle Production — Producer: Christophe Camoirano
Along the N10 road, in France, remains a timeless family-run truck stop, Les Platanes, a true landmark for truckers. On this island set in the middle of miles of tarmac, François and Patricia have welcomed for over twenty years the sailors of the road. Now approaching retirement, they decided to put their business for sale and, in a difficult economic context, are looking for a buyer.
Belgium 2021 — Directed by: Florent Remy — 18 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English — Production Company: APACH asbl — Producer: Sébastien Andres
Osman has reached the heights of his art: Thai boxing. But he’s too old, his career is over. Now a stepfather, he will pass on his knowledge and tenacity to Gabriel, both in boxing and in his studies.
Spain, Serbia, Norway 2021 — Directed by: Patricia Franquesa — 60 min — Spoken languages: Persian, English, Catalan — Subtitles: Catalan, Spanish, English — Production Companies: Gadea Films, Gulu Gulu Presenta, Substans Film — Producers: Patricia Franquesa, Laia Zanon, Filip Martinovic, Alice Tillet, Kristian Mosvold
A moving portrait of Sara, Afghanistan's first female taxi driver. Filmmaker Patricia Franquesa captures the strength of a powerful woman who breaks through the barriers of a highly patriarchal society. Sara's bright eyes convey her tireless defense of women's rights and fight to achieve what seemed impossible. An inspiring story of friendship between two women who are full of life, an ode to empathy and dialogue between cultures. The circular tale of Sara's life story turns from fear to love and from love to fear. A testimony of a reality that no longer exists.
HERITAGE — Belgium, Hungary, Portugal 2021 — Directed by: Anna Gyimesi — 11 min — Spoken language: Hungarian — Subtitles: English — Production: DocNomads, Luca School of Arts, Brussels — Producers: Anna Gyimesi, Frederik Nicolai
For a long time, I knew that I wanted to do something with my grandfather's inherited family videos. When I faced the fact that I saw a happy family, a fundamental question appeared in my mind: how is it possible to continue to exist seemingly joyful as a Holocaust survivor? My Heritage is not just a bunch of travel videos, capturing family holidays. It is a deeply personal confession of mine as well, through which I can purely ask whether it is possible to choose life after a traumatic past, whether happiness is a choice, and whether, as a third-generation Holocaust survivor, I have the right to smile.
Switzerland 2021 — Directed by: Lesia Kordonets — 102 min — Spoken languages: Ukrainian, English — Subtitles: English — Production Company: DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION — Producer: Karin Koch
PUSHING BOUNDARIES accompanies athletes from the Ukrainian Paralympic National Team who have lost their training base in Crimea due to the Russian annexation. They try to adapt to the new historic conditions in their private as well as in their professional lives and to qualify for the next games. The film shows people who grow beyond their physical limits on a daily basis while around them political boundaries are pushed back and forth. And the country they represent at international competitions is rendered invalid by the amputation of its territories.
North Macedonia, United Kingdom 2021 — Directed by: Matthew Somerville — 74 min — Spoken languages: Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian — Subtitles: English, Spanish, Croatian — Production Company: Sava Films Ltd — Producer: Matthew Somerville
SAVA is a river movie, a documentary film and a 990 km journey downstream. Her flow connects and divides, a shared thread through young nations and the hard border between them. SAVA acts as a vehicle for wandering the complex world of post-Yugoslavia - exploring a human relationship with nature, identity and nationhood. Her voice (Mira Furlan) connects the memories and dreams of 14 souls who share their stories on her banks. As rivers flow on, nations change, politics fluctuate and in a time of great division SAVA offers a compassionate, connected perspective of our complex world and all who live in it
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